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A thug set his XL Bully on a defenceless woman and encouraged it to attack her during a terrifying ordeal. Liam Rainey took his dog's muzzle off before it jumped on her and bit her to the arm and chest.
After regaining control of the animal, Rainey then said 'good dog, get her', before it attacked her for a second time in the street in Wigan. The horrifying attack occurred after the victim had become embroiled in a row between Rainey and his girlfriend, Manchester Crown Court heard.
"This was a terrifying ordeal," Judge Sarah Johnston told 26-year-old Rainey, as she sentenced him to three years in prison. "You deliberately used your dog as a weapon, in what became a sustained attack on a defenceless woman who was wounded by your animal on your instruction."
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Rainey was also banned from owning a dog for five years. "I regard the dog as one of your victims as well," the judge told him.
It will become illegal to own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales from February 1. Prosecutors told how the attack occurred in Windermere Road, Ince, on Sunday June 11 last year. The victim, 55, was at home with her niece who received a text message from Rainey asking whether his girlfriend was there, prosecutor Ellen Shaw said.
She told him she was elsewhere, but Rainey didn't believe her. The pair decided to drive to meet Rainey's girlfriend, but bumped into her in the street during their journey.
Shortly after, Rainey also arrived at the scene on foot with his dog, described as an 'XL Bully type'. The dog was said to have had a muzzle on as a 'precaution'.
There was an 'altercation' between him and his girlfriend, before the victim of the
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